Laker Nation News 2023-2024 Athletic Honors Posted on July 30, 2024 Lake Land College and Laker Athletics are proud to share the many team and individual athletic accomplishments from the 2023-2024 academic year. “I would like to congratulate all our student athletes for a great year and thank the many coaches, faculty and staff who helped make it possible,” Vice President for Student Services Valerie Lynch said. “We applaud these outstanding young men and women for their many accomplishments both in the classroom and in their sports.” The athletic accomplishments include: 2024 NJCAA Academic Team (must have a team GPA of 3.00 or higher): Softball Volleyball Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Baseball 2024 NJCAA All-Academic First Team (athletes with 24 credit hours with 4.00 GPA): Name Hometown Sport Drew DuPont Selvin, Ill. Baseball Clay Seal Arthur, Ill. Baseball Caralyn Farnam Lincoln, Ill. Softball Kendall Mathews Paris, Ill. Softball Reese Brunken Carterville, Ill. Volleyball Brianna Hewing Stewardson, Ill. Volleyball Ashley Pacheco Romeoville, Ill. Volleyball 2024 NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.80-3.99 GPA): Name Hometown Sport Collyn Ballard Louisville, Ill. Baseball Noah Dill Dieterich, Ill. Baseball Moises Rosario Santo Domingo Baseball Trinley Beecham Peoria, Ill. Softball Ivy Ayers Toledo, Ill. Volleyball Thaylee Barry Newman, Ill. Women’s Basketball Sydney Richards Sigel, Ill. Women’s Basketball 2024 NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.60-3.79 GPA): Name Hometown Sport Ryder Johnson Chicago, Ill. Baseball Derek Konkel Teutopolis, Ill. Baseball Kiefer Tarnoki Sycamore, Ill. Baseball Aaron Davis Cincinnati, Ohio Men’s Basketball Sean De Kovachich Montreal, Canada Men’s Basketball Salah Halawani Palestine Men’s Basketball Hannah Parlier Virginia, Ill. Softball Ashton Coleman Toledo, Ill. Volleyball Accumulative GPA of all of our athletes (132) for the 2023-2024 academic year: 3.13 Top three accumulative GPAs by team: Volleyball – 3.39 Clay and Trap Shooting – 3.34 Women’s Basketball – 3.33 Total number of athletes achieving a 3.0 or higher GPA for the 2023-2024 academic year: 83 of 132 Season records by sport: Softball: 48-14 Women’s Basketball: 25-10 Men’s Basketball: 19-12 Volleyball: 13-18 Baseball: 30-24-1 Volleyball Team Honors: NJCAA Academic Team Women’s Basketball Team Honors: NJCAA Academic Team National Tournament Appearance (At Large Selection) Individual Honors and Awards: NJCAA Division Two All-Region 24 Name Hometown Kate Littleton Paris, Ill. Sydney Richards Sigel, Ill. Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference Sydney Richards Sigel, Ill. Men’s Basketball Team Honors: NJCAA Academic Team Individual Honors and Awards: NJCAA Division One All-Region 24 Name Hometown Tyler Chapman Cambria Heights, N.Y. Sean De Kovachich Montreal Great Rivers Athletic Conference All-Conference Tyler Chapman Cambria Heights, N.Y. Sean De Kovachich Montreal Softball Team Honors: NJCAA Academic Team Great Rivers Athletic Conference Runner Up Region 24 and Midwest District Champion National Tournament Appearance Individual Honors and Awards: Great Rivers Athletic Conference 1st Team Name Hometown Bella Atkinson East Troy, Wis. Tinley Beecham Peoria, Ill. Great Rivers Athletic Conference 2nd Team Kynlee Griffith Casper, Wyo. Daryelin Rivas Barquisimeto, Venezuela Great Rivers Athletic Conference Player of the Year Bryanna French Centralia, Ill. Great Rivers Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year Tia Durst Carol Stream, Ill. NJCAA Division One All-Region 24 1st Team Tinley Beecham Peoria, Ill. Tia Durst Carol Stream, Ill. Bryanna French Centralia, Ill. Kendall Mathews Paris, Ill. Daryelin Rivas Barquisimeto, Venezuela NJCAA Division One All-Region 24 2nd Team Bella Atkinson East Troy, Wis. NJCAA Division One Region 24 Player of the Year Bryanna French Centralia, Ill. NJCAA Division One Region 24 Coach of the Year John Hendrix Greenup, Ill. NFCA All-Midwest Team Bryanna French Centralia, Ill. NFCA All-American 2nd Team Bryanna French Centralia, Ill. NJCAA Division One All-American 2nd Team Bryanna French Centralia, Ill. Baseball Team Honors: NJCAA Academic Team Individual Honors and Awards: Great Rivers Athletic Conference Team Name Hometown Dickey Gonzalez Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Moises Rosario Santo Domingo NJCAA Division One Region 24 Gold Glove Owen Anderson Chicago, Ill. Clay and Target Shooting Team Honors: Fall 2023 Finished 2nd in the Conference Spring 2024 Finished 1st in the Conference Individual Honors and Awards: 4th Place Overall Season Average in League Name Hometown Mitch Haller Effingham, Ill. 1st Place Female Conference Season Average Morgan Buerster Ingraham, Ill. 2nd Place Female Conference Season Average Macie Weichman Teutopolis, Ill. 1st Place Male Conference Season Average Mitch Haller Effingham, Ill. 2nd Place Male Conference Season Average Ethan Heuerman Dieterich, Ill. 3rd Place Male Conference Season Average Kaiden Kohnert Watson, Ill. -30- Read More Laker Nation News